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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 25, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 34
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
10:10 PIT Ryan Poehling (6) Danton Heinen (14) 0 - 1
12:17 PIT Chad Ruhwedel (1) Jason Zucker (20), Mikael Granlund (29) 0 - 2
3rd Period
00:27 PIT Jake Guentzel (32) PP Rickard Rakell (26) 0 - 3
05:19 WSH Tom Wilson (9) Evgeny Kuznetsov (41) 1 - 3
13:18 WSH Alex Ovechkin (42) PP John Carlson (15), Dylan Strome (39) 2 - 3
17:16 WSH Dylan Strome (18) Conor Sheary (20), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (8) 3 - 3
18:40 PIT Evgeni Malkin (25) Unassisted 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:48 WSH Nicolas Aube-Kubel Holding 2
09:47 WSH T.J. Oshie High sticking 2
14:28 PIT Kris Letang Tripping 2
2nd Period
17:03 WSH Rasmus Sandin Fighting 5
17:03 PIT Josh Archibald Fighting 5
18:52 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Holding 2
3rd Period
03:42 WSH Alex Ovechkin Slashing 2
04:20 PIT Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
13:14 PIT Ryan Poehling Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 69 53 34 3 4.2 53.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 64 50 40 4 4.4 46.9

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadWashington Capitals ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 4.2 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.4 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 5:19 of 3rd, a 17% chanceWSH goal, 13:18 of 3rd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 17:16 of 3rd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 10:10 of 2nd, a 19% chancePIT goal, 12:17 of 2nd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 0:27 of 3rd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 18:40 of 3rd, a 15% chancePIT 4.4WSH 4.2

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Washington Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Tom Wilson · Dylan Strome10:0152.661.30-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Aliaksei Protas9:3060.034.60-0
Nic Dowd · Conor Sheary · Nicolas Aube-Kubel7:4450.049.60-0
Craig Smith · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Anthony Mantha3:5355.663.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Rasmus Sandin11:3045.826.01-1
Nick Jensen · Martin Fehérváry10:3857.138.80-0
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Alexander Alexeyev8:5052.990.10-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Dylan Strome C 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 17:16 0.58 16-9 1.26-0.52
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 -2 2 4 2 21:04 0.39 17-23 1.15-1.42
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 19:56 0.48 12-14 0.92-0.76
16 Nicolas Aube-Kubel R 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 11:26 0.21 16-7 0.87-0.23
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 13:50 0.44 14-9 0.69-0.47
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 1 0 7 1 26:53 0.52 26-23 1.29-1.65
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 15:57 12-14 0.78-0.86
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:50 0.03 16-12 0.83-0.72
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 04:54 0.05 7-4 0.31-0.17
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:52 0.21 12-15 0.42-0.83
21 Aliaksei Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:11 11-7 0.39-0.74
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13:37 0.18 12-9 0.29-0.55
27 Alexander Alexeyev D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:42 0.02 13-13 0.95-0.39
38 Rasmus Sandin D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 3 18:53 0.13 16-19 0.92-1.54
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 12:00 0.37 14-14 0.70-0.95
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:30 0.13 20-12 0.81-0.83
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:36 0.01 13-11 0.69-0.32
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 18:06 0.42 13-15 0.47-0.83
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Darcy Kuemper L 40 36 4 58:52 4.37 +0.37

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel13:1036.431.60-1
Evgeni Malkin · Jason Zucker · Rickard Rakell6:1361.559.90-0
Jeff Carter · Josh Archibald · Drew O'Connor4:5750.042.10-0
Rickard Rakell · Danton Heinen · Ryan Poehling4:4044.441.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Pierre-Olivier Joseph19:1223.125.01-1
Brian Dumoulin · Chad Ruhwedel14:2565.465.21-0
Taylor Fedun · Mark Friedman9:5556.569.31-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 17:54 0.10 20-10 1.30-0.58
25 Ryan Poehling C 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 14:09 0.19 10-14 0.39-0.57
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 0 0 7 2 20:48 0.91 14-21 0.68-1.08
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 18:26 0.40 15-9 1.54-0.65
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 1 0 6 1 15:17 0.84 13-10 1.33-0.85
58 Danton Heinen L 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 12:18 0.10 13-14 0.50-0.51
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:03 10-12 0.86-0.41
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 17:07 0.74 12-11 0.92-0.71
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:36 0.01 21-10 1.21-0.61
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 11:10 14-11 0.80-0.40
7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:11 0.03 11-32 0.59-1.81
15 Josh Archibald R 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 06:31 0.09 5-5 0.14-0.19
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 20:32 0.25 14-24 0.68-1.34
18 Drew O'Connor L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:57 0.00 9-6 0.27-0.30
51 Mark Friedman D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:19 0.25 13-11 0.80-0.37
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 27:49 0.23 14-30 0.87-1.72
77 Jeff Carter C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:12 0.13 7-6 0.27-0.30
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:37 0.12 15-24 0.62-1.34
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith W 34 31 3 60:00 4.14 +1.14